Paul Kim (academic)
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| Born | 1970 (age 46–47) Inchon, South Korea |
| Nationality | Korean-American |
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Entrepreneurship, Empowerment Education Technology Design Technology |
| Institutions | Stanford University |
Paul Kim (born 1970) is a Korean-American chief technology officer and assistant dean at the Stanford Graduate School of Education and has held this position since 2001.
While at Stanford, in addition to teaching graduate level courses in the School of Education, he has been leading projects involving the design of learning technologies, educational research, and community development.
Kim received his Ph.D. in educational technology at the University of Southern California in 1999. Since completing his doctorate, he has held posts such as the executive director of information technology at the University of Phoenix, the vice president and chief information officer at Vatterott College, and the chairman of the board for the Intercultural Institute of California.
In all of these positions, Kim has focused on improving access and equity in education throughout both developed and developing countries.
Kim designed and initiated a global mobile learning technology initiative named the PocketSchool Project, a contextualized learning technology solution for children in underserved communities of developing countries.
He is also currently one of senior researchers for the POMI, a National Science Foundation (NSF) project to develop and evaluate wireless mobile computing and interactive systems for K-20 formal and informal learning and assessment scenarios.
Kim is also working with numerous international organizations to develop mobile empowerment solutions for extremely underserved communities in developing countries. In his recent expeditions to Latin America,Africa, and India, he investigated the effects of highly programmable open-source mobile learning platforms on education programs for literacy, numeracy, and entrepreneurship (e.g., math games, storytelling, and farming simulations). As part of his research, he is also exploring mobile wireless sensors in simulation-based learning and ePortfolio-based assessment to promote creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving.
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